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Bone mineral-like nanoscale amorphous calcium phosphate derived from egg shells

Jayasree, R and Indrakumar, S and Rana, D and Ramalingam, M and Kumar, TS (2017) Bone mineral-like nanoscale amorphous calcium phosphate derived from egg shells. In: Journal of Bionanoscience, 11 (4). pp. 297-300.

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1166/jbns.2017.1442

Abstract

Amorphous calcium phosphate (ACP) is an essential mineral phase found in human bone which acts as a precursor for the hydroxyapatite apatite. In the present study, ACP was synthesized from eggshells, a natural resource of calcium, by rapid precipitationmethod under controlled experimental conditions. X-ray diffraction pattern confirmed the amorphous nature of the egg shell derived ACP (EACP). Infrared spectroscopy showed a single peak without splitting in the region of 600-500 cm-1 corresponding to P-O anti-symmetric bending mode which also indicates lack of crystallinity in EACP nanoparticles. EACP analysis using transmission electron microscopy indicates nanosized particles with needle shaped morphology compared to spherical shape ACP nanoparticles formed using synthetic calcium nitrate. Presence of minor amount of Mg, Sr, Si and Na ions inherited from the eggshell in EACP was also confirmed by inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy. As these ions are also crucial for bio-mineralization of eggshell and needle morphology is similar to the morphology of apatite present in human bone, the EACP may have beneficial role in various bone tissue engineering applications. © 2017 American Scientific Publishers.

Item Type: Journal Article
Publication: Journal of Bionanoscience
Publisher: American Scientific Publishers
Additional Information: The copyright for this article belongs to the American Scientific Publishers.
Keywords: Apatite; Atomic emission spectroscopy; Bone; Calcium; Emission spectroscopy; High resolution transmission electron microscopy; Inductively coupled plasma; Infrared spectroscopy; Morphology; Nanoparticles; Needles; Phosphate minerals; Precipitation (chemical); Tissue engineering; Transmission electron microscopy; X ray diffraction, Amorphous calcium phosphate; Bio mineralizations; Bone tissue engineering; Egg shells; Experimental conditions; Inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy; Nano-sized particles; Precipitation methods, Calcium phosphate
Department/Centre: Division of Mechanical Sciences > Materials Engineering (formerly Metallurgy)
Date Deposited: 17 Jul 2022 06:10
Last Modified: 17 Jul 2022 06:10
URI: https://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/74501

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